Nexus 4 Reference
You will need a rooted Nexus 4 to install all ROM/kernels.NOTE: THE AUTHOR OF THIS SITE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR PHONE, PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS TWICE BEFORE TRYING IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO ROOTING AND CUSTOM ROMS!

24 Responses to Nexus 4 Root FAQ

Hi, I was following instructions to root my Nexus 4 on a Ubuntu computer. I had nearly reached home when my finger slipped at Superuser file download. I inadvertently hit sideload. Now my Nexus 4 is stuck on ClockworkMod Recovery, waiting for the file SWM-SuperSU-v0.99.zip and I can’t switch it off or do anything. The file is on the computer in my Nexus4root directory. How can I unblock the situation?
Thanks a million in advance for your help.

Make sure USB Debugging is checked in developer options. Otherwise it won’t connect to your computer. If it still doesn’t work, what worked for me was to turn off USB Debugging, turn off developer options, unplug USB cable, reboot phone, plug in USB cable, and turn on USB debugging again.
Hope it helps.

I know I have debugging on, but the same thing happens. This is my first time rooting and I’m some-what confused. When I tried to put in the adb back up thing it said something about a daemon port. I really need help >_>.

Hey Max Im having a bit of a problem, all my AC chargers are registering as USB charging, when I play games all the phone does is trickle charge and takes forever to charge even when left on charge over night , Any solution as to how to fix this, plz help this is getting annoying….

Hey, I’m having a bit of a problem with my nexus. I’ve Rooted and installed a new on my nexus which is great but the only problem is that when some calls me or I make a phone call I can’t hear anything, no dialing tone and the person who I call can’t hear me or I can’t them.

please please some help me fix this problem cause it getting annoying and plus the main reason for a phone is to make calls right?…

Hey. I’ve the same issue with my rooted Samsung Galaxy s4. I installed the Google Play edition S4 stock rom on my s4. Works great except for the no dial tone when making calls and not being able to hear the other person and vice versa. I’ve used viber to make sure that it’s not the hardware issue and I’m able to make phone calls with viber without a glitch. Any workarounds that I’ve found are basically clearing data/cache (in app settings) and restarting the phone. It’s the reboot that temporarily fixes this issue not clearing data/cache. Have you had any luck with fixing this issue on your device.

Hi zedomax.
I’m trying to root my new nexus 4 and have got as far as the command prompt screen but I’m stuck at “cd downloads Nexus4Root”.
It’s telling me something like file not present (not sure exactly as I’m not at my PC now).
My nexus 4 is running the 4.3 version from when I bought it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated to get me rooted.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Derek

This refers to the location of the folder you downloaded from the website (in the author’s case the name of the downloaded folder is nexus4root and it is placed in the download folder, hence the cd download and the cd nexus4root)

guys i have a problem when i type in the cmd promote adb backup -apk -all -f backup.ab it says something about daemon port 5073 and then it says connected and the adb: cannot connect for backup i tried every thing and it still didnt work my nexus is running android 4.4.2 i dont know what to do please help

hai
PLS HELP ME!!!
i unlocked my bootloader and installed CWM/ TWRP but wen reboot my phone gets stuck in the boot image. Also i cant seem to mount or sideload which might be bcoz i cant wipe my dalvik cache(manually or otherwise).
Now i put factory images and locked the bootloader which makes the phone to work
please help me I want to root my nexus and use other roms

I followed all steps up to step 22. where is was about to run the SU zip file. I had, however, transferred the unzipped file and so I tried going back so I could transfer the zip file and run it. In this process I hit “go back” when I was prompted with “ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?”. Instead of “Yes” as I should have done. Now my phone wont enter recovery mode and says “no command” when I try. It boots and works just fine. Just cant access recovery mode to run the SU zip.

hi all
i meed help because when i was trying to root my phone its failed amd now whenever i try to reboot only the google symbol appearing.
and in recovery mode giving error like can’t mount sdcard.
pls help me…..

Hi
Ihave lg nexus 4 and i want to setup my bussniss email acount in it therfore i have to go to setting ,acout ,add acout then according to the instruction from my company i have to slect microsoft exchange activesync and do the setting but I didnt find this option in my phone.
I also tried to contact Google technical support but they advice me to contact you

please advcie me how to get microsoft exchange activesync option in my nexus4

hey i had followed the following link:-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfmulWBobTQ
but i am getting stuck at the part after the installation of the superuser file. my phone is stuck in the loading screen where the bubbles are rotating around all the time… nothing is coming after that. please help me with this problem.